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Jan Peregrine

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Adopted at seventeen days, grew up in rural Nebraska, got a Masters of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University-Chicago, worked as a nanny and missionary, wrote book and movie reviews for 14 years for epinions.com, wrote books, suffered an incomplete spinal cord injury along the way...

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Nat'l Book Award Winner Stamped From The Beginning~

By 1968 both Democrats and Republicans had popularized the call for “law and order.” It became a motto for defending the Planet of the Whites. “Law and order“ rhetoric was used as a defense for police brutality...

The above passage from Stamped From The Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi tells us two impo Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.88 · 8 ratings · 5 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Dr. Freudine Is In: The Story Begins (#1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eden At Play: A Grown-Up Fable it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eden in Purrgatory 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoir of a Writing Porn Star it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eden Forever by Jan Peregrine (Goodreads Author), Patrick Helwig (Photographer) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Out Of The Desert: Inspirational Poetry And Humanistic Retrospective 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Myself: The Evolution of a Humanist 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Out Of The Desert: Finding Myself 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dr. Freudine Is in: The Drama Deepens (Eden Trilogy #2) by Jan Peregrine (Goodreads Author), Patrick Helwig (Photographer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dr. Freudine Is In: The Tale's Tail (Eden Trilogy #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I enjoyed this 2026 science fiction novel by Alexandra Iliva very much I've never read her before, but will look for more by her. The story speculates about how First Contact with an intelligent species eleven light years might happen, with the empha ...more
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Jan Peregrine rated a book it was amazing The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities by Dossie Easton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Inspired by the third edition of The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy, the subtitle this time being A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love. This thoughtfully-written book challenges readers ...more
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I was really caught up in this YA novel told from the perspective of a mixed race teenager who doesn't know or care about her Black roots. Her mother, a renowned Black Studies scholar, wants to change this by making her reluctant daughter go south wi ...more
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The Fountain~~~~~~ Told by an immortal woman The Fountain by Casey Scieska raises the question, in my mind at least, of why we continue to fantasize about immortality and being like gods. Bible-loving people may find this novel most interesting becaus ...more
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I'm not sure there's a difference between homecoming and homegoing, but the title of the debut novel by a woman born in Ghana intrigued me. I found it fascinating to have the nefarious history of the slave trade take on the bloody mess of real life a ...more
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Jan Peregrine rated a book it was amazing Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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